France’s reactor deal with Iraq created Osirak, a project Israel viewed as a direct threat even as France and Iraq insisted it was for research. The buildup included covert disruption, including ...

In 1981, Israel concluded Iraq’s Osirak reactor posed an unacceptable threat after years of failed diplomatic pressure and earlier covert sabotage attempts. Eight F-16s, escorted by F-15s, flew a long ...

For three decades, the real strategic story of West Asia has not been oil, terrorism or even ideology. It has been nuclear ...